Stories from Friday, July 23, 2021

HARVIELL — Two people were injured, one seriously, and the driver was arrested on suspicion of DWI after a one-vehicle accident at 2:10 a.m. Thursday on Old U.S. Highway 67. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol, Matthew L. Cowin, 39, of Ellsinore was operating a 2017 Chevrolet Sonic southbound on Old U.S. Highway 67, two miles west of Harviell, when it ran off the roadway and struck a sign and debris...

Two Poplar Bluff men are in the Butler County jail after allegedly being caught distributing methamphetamine earlier this week. Lewis C. “Peewee” Curry, 54, of the 1400 block of County Road 608 has been charged with the class C felony of distribution of a controlled substance and is being held on $100,000 bond at the Butler County jail. ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A line of fans streamed down the hill on the 18th fairway at Highland Springs County Club while another group lined the ninth fairway Friday afternoon. While many came here to see former NFL quarterback Tony Romo play the second round of the Price Cutter Championships presented by Dr Pepper, about 30 fans walked the baked back 9 to watch Poplar Bluff’s Carr Vernon...